According to published reports, the Saline County Sheriff has confirmed two people were found dead early Thursday morning, with one person’s body discovered in Slater around 1:45 a.m., and the other body just outside Slater city limits around 8 a.m.

The Sedalia-Pettis County United Way has teamed up with the American Red Cross to provide and install smoke alarms for area residents. State of the art alarms will be installed in homes that have old or missing smoke detectors.